im giving him a second look
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skatchkins wrote:What the what?
I have a crazy lady that comes in talking about gov secrecy and everything that always talks about how everyone should vote for him.
She also says that the govt is staging a fake terrorist attack at the 101 and 202 and that they will searching random homes without search warrants during it. I forgot what date she said, but she told me she bought a video phone just so she can catch them when they come unlawfully into her house.
She also says that China is building a NAFTA highway through the center of America to bring in their poison dog food and lead infused toys directly through without regulation.
skatchkins wrote:See, I don't mind them tapping my phone. If it means they can catch more terrorists that way.
I don't want to live in a country where Jack Bauer can't beat the hell out of a rag head b/c lawyers say they have rights under the const.
In 1978, Congress enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and created a new court, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, to approve warrants when the federal government says they are needed to gather information related to foreign activities. FISA made it much easier for the government to get warrants, no longer requiring probable cause of criminal activity, but instead requiring only that the government show a reasonable likelihood that foreign intelligence information would be gathered.
I have read about the Barbary pirates and I agree the world has been fighting agains Islam for a very long time. A quote from Adja to the continental congress in 1786 summed up Islams views on infidels pretty good “That it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Qur’an, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise”
I do agree radical islam is a threat to us. I do agree that we need to be vigilant in protecting our security.
However I do think that alot of our problems overseas are a result of our intervention.
The current situation in Iran is a direct result of CIA intervention. We overthrew their government in 1953. Of course we thought it was a good idea at the time but now look where that got us. Even the presidents office has admitted this was a mistake, in 2000 Secretary of State Albright called it a “setback for democratic government”
The US supported the Afghans in their fight against the USSR from 1979 - 1989. We provided them with weapons, money and training. Of course we thought it was a good idea at the time but after the war, the taliban were now well funded and armed. This allowed them to setup the opressive regime in Afghanistan. Oh and we helped out a guy named Osama during that time too.
Like I said before I think we invaded Afghanistan primarly beause of sept 11th. But how can you honestly say that we did not give consideration to a permanent US base in that region? Do you really believe that had no factor in it at all?
I think we need to stop trying to police the world. We need to focus on our domestic issues and secure our borders.
skatchkins wrote:Hmmm. It sounds as though, and I believe you voiced it to me one day, that your view borders on a bad plane.
What I hear is, we should not have helped the Jews during the World War. I know you'll say, "But we didn't go in for them, we went after the bombing of Pearl Harbor."
But still by your stance, we should not have helped even for the most altruistic of reasons. That's no good. If I see someone fall down in traffic, is it more important that I think about my own well being or that the other cars would be inconvenienced?